The NASA update is set for Wednesday (Aug. 29) at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) and will discuss the latest science findings from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission. The prolific WISE space telescope mission actually ended in 2011, but astronomers continue to mine the observatory's data for new discoveries.

We'll be streaming a feed of the teleconference live on io9, so be sure to check back then. Alternatively, you can watch a Ustream feed of the telecon live at NASA beginning shortly before the start of the event. See you all there!

Top image is an artist's concept that illustrates a dusty planet-forming disk, similar to the one that vanished around a star called TYC 8241 2652, as first observed by WISE back in 2010